I'm so glad that I found you on this forum, lol.
I think location will definitely be a motivating factor for many of the students. In terms of teachers, I really don't think they could come anymore inspiring than Mr Handscombe.
I definitely think we could help each other with further maths, I'm determined enough and so are you. I think we could definitely help each other get top grades, especially if we dedicate enough time and effort to it!
Also, your options are so similar to what I wanted to study. Initially I wanted to study Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry. I didn't make the grade for further maths, as you already know.
however, with chemistry I thought better of it and changed my mind. This is mainly because I want to go into finance or banking when I'm older, so economics will be more beneficial.
we might be in the same classes for maths, physics and economics at least!!!